Germans to surrender heavy clothing for winter support
The article reports a cheery Christmas message from Adolf Hitler via Goebbels calling for the surrender of heavy clothing and blankets to aid the army in Russia. Civilians may give up overcoats boots shoes linings and heavy undergarments. Penalties for noncompliance include sabotage charges and neighbor surveillance.
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Adolfer
Josef Goebbels
Russia
Linr
Fuehrer
Ugh Goebbels
Hitler
Germany
Hugh Hitler
Ishal Goering
Ghbor
Goebbels
Allies Prepare Strong Help For Malaya In South Seas War
Depicts U S and Britain sending aid to Malaya as Allied counter blows loom. Report notes Singapore air raids despite heavy anti aircraft fire and Dutch defense holding Tarakan briefly before fall. Chinese spokesman stresses unity with Allies and reinforcements for the South seas battle.
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Chungking
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
China
Russia
Persian Gulf
South Seas
Report on Hristenberry Report 10 Pending
A second page report notes that a 10 report on Hristenberry is forthcoming. Authorities have not released final findings or dates. Further details are expected in upcoming editions.
Arrests in old torture deaths shock California families
A man and his wife were arrested in Bakersfield California and charged with the 4 year old murders of Berkeley socialite Mrs Weston Gain 46 and her daughter Nancy 24. Detectives identified them as Charles Hatfield 26 and Anne Hatfield 34. Bodies were found beaten tortured and shot near Van Horn Texas. Investigators pursued the couple as Texas rangers and sheriffs pickup witnesses.
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EL Paso
Tex
Bakerfield
Calif
Weston Gain
Berkeley
Heraughter
Nancy
Thomas Gorey
Los Ngeles
Charles Hatfield
Baksfield
Nnne
Gill Wsome
Mrs Me
van Horn
Ancy
Robry
Gorey
R. G. Phillips
Texas Rangers
Alrt Anderson
Texas
College Plans to Meet Times for Second Semester
Northeast Junior College sketches a wartime curriculum to accelerate degrees. Dean C. C. Calvert cites speakers at a presidents’ meeting urging continued study and aims to keep students in college. A 12 month plan could let high school graduates enter this summer and finish in one and a half years.
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Northeast Junior College
C. C. Calvert
Baltimore
England
J. T. Johnson
Commerce Department
U.S. Signs Lease Pact With Uruguay
The United States and Uruguay signed a lend lease agreement to supply military and naval goods to Uruguay. Ambassador Juan Carlos Blanco did not reveal aid amounts, but rumors place it between 17 million and 20 million dollars. The deal follows a Mexico-U.S. military accord and precedes the Rio de Janeiro foreign ministers conference opening.
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Washington
United States
Uruguay
Juan Carlos Blanco
Mexico
Rio de Janeiro
Louisiana women credited with reforms in Jones speech
Governor Sam Jones told New Orleans women that election reforms they urged are now law and in force, praising their crusade for honest elections. He cited six enacted measures including a new registration law that purged 20 000 fraudulent registrations and elimination of the poll tax, plus a new primary system for fairer district drawing. Roosevelt seeks to limit wartime price controls by pressing for executive veto power over ceilings and a cap on price increases, inviting five House members to a White House conference.
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New Orleans
Sam Jones
WDSU
Jones
Louisiana
Union
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
House
Senate
Agriculture
Wickard
Banking Committee
Steagall
Alabama
Williams
Missouri
Spence
Kentucky
Wolcott
Michigan
Gifford
Massachusetts
Joint Committee
Leon Henderson
F B I SAYS MAN HAS NINE WIVES
Federal agents accuse John William Melville of parole violation after bank robbery term and claim he claimed nine wives and 28 aliases. Melville says he has only two wives, arrived with a second mate, and that his first wife died in 1927. He gives England birth and Oxford tied medical schooling.
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Los Angeles
John William Melville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Melville
Leavenworth
Kas
Newcastle
England
Buckingham Medical School
Oxford
Roanoke
Ohio State Penitentiary
Nation plans big synthetic rubber output
Washington January 13. Oil, rubber and chemical firms join with the government in a 400 million program to raise synthetic rubber capacity to 400 000 tons annually within 18 months. The effort, approved by President Roosevelt and Jesse Jones, aims to supply military needs including tank treads and aircraft tires while meeting some civilian demand. A new tin smelter at Texas City will bring 30 000 tons yearly to help offset Malaya stoppages.
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Washington
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Jones
Texas City
Tex
Malaya
Defense Plants Corporation
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
United States Rubber Company
New War Labor Board Forms Under Roosevelt
A 12 member war labor board headed by William H. Davis replaces the defense mediation board to arbitrate disputes in industry nationwide. Created by executive order, the board combines public, industry, and labor members and stems from the Washington conference to end strikes and lockouts during the war. Davis and four public members join four industry and four labor representatives, with labor split between C I O and A F L.
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Washington
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Industry-Labor Conference
Davis
New York
C. I. CO
George W. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Allies pledge postwar trials for Axis regime leaders at St James Palace
Representatives of nine occupied nations vow to seek, try and execute punishments for Axis crimes. Leaders from Netherlands Belgium Yugoslavia Norway Greece Luxembourg Poland Czecho Slovakia and the Free French pledge to pursue responsible officials under the Hague 1907 framework. Observers from the United States Britain China and the Soviet Union attend without voting rights.
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London
St. James’ Palace
Netherlands
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Norway
Greece
Luxembourg
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Free French Committee
United States
Britain
China
Soviet
Russia
Churchill
Roosevelt
Vyacheslav Molotov
MacArthur's Men Silence Eleven Japanese Artillery Batteries
American and Filipino artillery shattered and dispersed enemy tanks armor and infantry in 24 hours on the Batan Peninsula west of Manila Bay. Eleven Japanese batteries were silenced with relatively light losses for American and Philippine troops. Japanese dive bombers supported artillery fire but no attacks on Corregidor or southern Batan fortifications occurred.
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Washington
War Department
Batan
Manila Bay
Department
Philippines
Corregidor Island
Philippine
Japan
United Nations
Australia
South Pacific
Far East
East Indies
Celebes
Borneo
Malay
Navy
Knox
Three LSU Students Die in Dorm Room Gas Incident
Three Louisiana State University students were found dead in a garage apartment off campus as a gas heater that exhausted oxygen during sleep was blamed. Victims Jack Giles 20 Frank McWhorter 20 and Robert W Vickers about 20 were last seen Sunday in a downtown restaurant.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Jack Giles
Ethel Giles
Natchez
Miss
Frank McWhorter
Beaumont
Tex
Robert W. Vickers
Haughton
W. O. Vickers
Giles
McWhorter
Vickers
Claude Bodgen
Alexandria
WJBO
World War II Update From The Far East And Europe
The World Today reports Dutch bombers strike the Japanese invasion armada off Borneo while Japanese troops capture Tarakan and land in Celebes. Allied reinforcement plans shift through Washington as Axis forces threaten key hubs from Malta to Tripolitania, with Britain and Russia reporting gains and strategic repositioning.
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Associated Press
Dutch North Borneo
Indies
Tarakan
Celebes
Washington
Tokyo
Batan Peninsula
MacArthur
Manila
New Line
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
United Nations
Australia
Pacific
London
Russia
Orel
Moscow
Hitler
Smolensk
Nazi High Command
Valdai Hills
Italy
Malta
Mussolini
Middle East
Salum
Tripolitania
Nations
Mediterranean
France
Norway
Disbarment Trial Focuses on Fast Divorce Schemes
In Miami two young lawyers Natalie Weinstein and Diana D Coopersmith face disbarment over alleged illegal methods used in 30 divorce cases. Prosecution notes average 124 days to final decree with four cases completed in one day. Defense cites authorizations and Stoller's claimed appointment without fees or knowledge of the cases.
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Miami
Fla
Natalie Weinstein
Diana D. Coopersmith
Leon L. Stoller
Nazi retreat and recapture rumors dominate world war fronts
Reports say Soviet forces may have recaptured Orel near Moscow as German troops face pressure on multiple fronts. Britain and Berlin sources dispute claims while Soviet pincers close on Smolensk and Kaluga advances push toward Vyazma. In North Africa British troops recapture Salamg near the Egyptian Libyan frontier.
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Associated Press
Russia
Orel
Moscow
Smolensk
British Exchange Telegraph
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
London
BBC
Kaluga
Ukraine
Semeon Timoshenko
Kharekov
Pittsburgh
Kharkov
Hitler
Mussolini
Salamg
Libya
el Agheila
Gulf
United front in Americas may sever ties with axis
Reports from Rio de Janeiro say Argentina resists joining a military alliance while 19 of 21 Pan American republics favor a declaration to sever relations with the axis. Chile expected to join upon delegation arrival as Sumner Welles seeks clarity with Argentina.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Argentina
Ree
Chile
United States
Sumner Welles
Ruiz Guinazu
Welles
Washington
Study Complaints on Minden Plant
Washington January 13 The Senate defense investigating committee assesses complaints about the Army shell loading plant at Minden Louisiana. Counsel Hugh A Fulton says the panel weighs sending an investigator for a possible formal hearing. Complaints claim waste and extravagance. Senator Ellender has forwarded a complaint to the committee for consideration.
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Washington
Ate Tadics
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Minden
Hugh A. Fulton
Fulton
Ellender
Louise Jana
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